Iris Evans^[1]

1935 - 2007  (72 years)

• Name	Iris Evans
  Born	22 Jan 1935
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 May 2007  [2]
  Buried	25 May 2007	Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I76626	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Addison Garfield "Add" Evans,   b. 22 Jan 1903,   d. 5 Jun 1996  (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Viola Ball,   b. 2 May 1912, Tennessee ,   d. 14 Jul 1977  (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F28343	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Ervin Loyd Ledford,   b. 21 Mar 1928,   d. 17 Jun 1965  (Age 37 years)
  Children	1. Ivan Lloyd "Rusty" Ledford,   b. 2 Apr 1957,   d. 3 Oct 1980  (Age 23 years)   2. Robert Ray "Bob" Ledford,   b. 30 Mar 1958,   d. 4 Oct 1985  (Age 27 years)   3. John David "Johnny" Ledford,   b. 7 Aug 1959,   d. 5 Sep 2008, Newport Health and Rehabilitation  (Age 49 years)   4. Charles Ledford   5. Joe Ledford   6. Bill Ledford
  Family ID	F82870	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Weldon Jenkins,   b. 8 Jan 1927, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Feb 1975, Cocke County, Tennessee  (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F82871	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Buried - 25 May 2007 - Union Cemetery, Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 14. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 22 May 2007. Mrs. Iris Jenkins has gone to Heaven to be with the Lord after a long illness. She was born January 22, 1935, and passed away May 22, 2007. She was a wonderful mother and friend. She retired from Baptist Hospital after 22 years in the Maternity Department. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Ervin Ledford and Weldon Jenkins; children, Ivan Ledford and Robert Ledford; brother, Bud Costner; mother, Viola Costner; father, Add Evans; step-father, John Costner; step-mother, Joyce Evans; and sister, Judy Bugg. Survivors include her sons, Charles Ledford, John Ledford, Joe Ledford, and Bill Ledford, all of Newport; grandchildren, Trevor Ledford, Kipp Dalton, and Jason Ledford; daughters-in-law, Avangela Dalton, of Newport, and Lisa Johnson Ledford, of Morristown; brothers and sisters, Robert Evans, Kathleen Evans, Nancy Williamson, and Jimmy Evans, all of Cosby; Linda Caldwell, of Newport; and brother and sister-in-law, John and Martha Evans, of Cosby. Additional survivors include a special aunt, Hester Holt, of Dandridge; special friends, Eula Mae Overholt and Loretta Gregg, both of Newport, and Wilma Harper, of Burlington, N.C.; and a host of friends. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, May 25, 2007, at Costner-Maloy Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Eddie Young officiating. Interment will be in Union Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Thursday evening at Costner-Maloy Funeral Home. Arrangements by Costner-Maloy. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 48658310).